Hargeisa (HOL) — Somali security forces arrested a suspect on Saturday in Harardhere after intercepting thermos flasks filled with hidden explosive devices, an official confirmed.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday said he ordered military airstrikes on a senior Islamic State attack planner and others from the organization in Somalia.

Local resettlement agencies say refugees from Myanmar, Somalia, Honduras, Venezuela and other countries were stopped from immigrating to Minnesota.

A Bareilly court sentenced a truck driver to life imprisonment for intentionally killing a police constable on duty in 2018. The driver, found to be inebriated at the time, had a previous grudge against police officers. The judge highlighted issues with road policing and recommended stricter regulations on hiring less-skilled drivers.

An engineer from Hingoli, Maharashtra, who had been missing in Iran for almost two months, is currently in a Tehran jail for taking photographs. He informed his wife via WhatsApp that he is expected to be released next Tuesday with the help of the Indian embassy.

A 21-year-old woman from Muzaffarnagar was gang-raped, murdered, and set on fire by her brother-in-law. He took a Rs 40,000 bank loan to hire two killers for the crime. The victim’s remains were identified through partially-burnt belongings. The brother-in-law, involved in an illicit relationship with her, was arrested, while two accomplices are on the run.

Zakia Jafri, widow of ex-Congress MP Ehsan Jafri, who was killed in the 2002 Gujarat riots, passed away at 86 in Ahmedabad. She was known for her prolonged legal battle against Narendra Modi and others, which lasted 16 years. Social activist Teesta Setalvad expressed condolences on social media, recognizing Zakia's efforts for justice.

She will play Ukraine’s Dayana Yastremska for the title

His funeral will be held in Boston, the athlete’s mother, Iya Naumova, said

Le Ministre des Comptes Publics et de la Dette, Charles M'Ba a accordé ce mercredi 29 janvier 2025, tour à tour une audience à une délégation de l'Agence Française de Développement conduite par la Directrice Marie Sennequier, et de la Banque Mondiale conduite par Cheick Kante Directeur des opérations. Les membres de la délégation sont venus présenter leurs civilités au membre du Gouvernement de Transition devenu à la suite du remaniement du Gouvernement de transition intervenu le 15 (...) - ECONOMIE / SUJET_ECRIT_MAISON

Nous, femmes de la Plate-forme Challenge Démocratie au Féminin, affirmons notre indignation et notre profonde tristesse suite au crime odieux commis contre notre sœur, leader Béatrice Nzang. Cet acte, tragique et d'une violence extrême, met en lumière les défis et les dangers auxquels les femmes sont encore quotidiennement confrontées dans notre société. Nous tenons à exprimer notre solidarité envers la famille de Béatrice et à déplorer la perte d'une voix puissante qui a toujours œuvré (...) - COMMUNIQUE / SUJET_ECRIT_MAISON

Libreville, le 30 janvier 2025-Le Président de la Transition, Président de la République, Chef de l'État, le Général Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema a reçu ce jour en audience Monsieur Issempe Ngaka, Directeur Général de Maurel & Prom Gabon. Cette rencontre a été l'occasion de faire le point des activités de la société pour l'année 2025 et d'échanger sur ses projets stratégiques au Gabon. Le Directeur Général a profité de cet entretien pour présenter l'avancement des opérations du (...) - MINES ET HYDROCARBURES / SUJET_ECRIT_MAISON

An agreement with the government of Nicolás Maduro will allow the deportation of hundreds of thousands back to the authoritarian socialist regime many have fled.

The new leader for Democrats will be in charge of regrouping and unifying the party during a second Trump administration determined to reshape government.

President Trump’s secretary of state arrives in Panama City on Saturday with a brazen mandate from his boss and a wary host.

According to Vladimir Barbin, «the intensifying trend toward the militarization of the Arctic, the cultivation of confrontational approaches by NATO countries, and the giving of access to Arctic land to foreign militaries do not contribute to maintaining military and political stability in the region»

According to Vadim Krasnoselsky, starting on February 1, Transnistrian utility companies will gradually resume normal gas, electricity and heat supplies

Russia will consider new challenges to its security in its military planning, Vladimir Barbin said

[The Conversation Africa] The death of South African soldiers on a Southern African Development Community (SADC) mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has sparked fierce debate about the deployment of South African National Defence Force (SANDF) soldiers there. Some, including political parties, have questioned whether the soldiers were adequately trained, equipped and supported. Lindy Heinecken has spent decades researching the South African military in peacekeeping operations and has interviewed hundreds of soldiers

Mogadishu (HOL) — A recent clan conference in Badhan, spearheaded by Dhulbahante and Warsangali leaders, has ignited fresh tensions between Somalia and Somaliland, with prominent Somaliland traditional leader Boqor Osman Aw Mohamud Buurmadow accusing Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud of orchestrating the gathering to provoke unrest.

People from the media were recently made to leave the offices of the State Conciliation and Mediation, called the Karphús. The reason given was that negotiations were at a sensitive point, but the negotiating committees of the Icelandic Teachers' Union and the Association of Icelandic Local Authorities are now meeting there.

Both the Foreign Minister and the Prime Minister said that the government is in close contact with other Nordic countries on security and defense issues, although ministers do not have the opportunity to attend all meetings. There is no need to fear that this issue is being neglected; on the contrary, the current government is not afraid to discuss openly the issues that were not the case with the previous government.

[CFR] Washington, DC -- Panelists discuss how a second Trump administration could reshape U.S.-Africa relations, whether security, economic, and diplomatic engagement will deepen or decline, and how to define the U.S. strategic role in the continent while countering China's growing influence.

A Finnish student was barred from a school trip to the Olkiluoto nuclear power plant because he was born in Russia, Yle has reported Read Full Article at RT.com

Germany will not invest almost half of its federal budget in defense, Boris Pistorius has said Read Full Article at RT.com

Part of a missile has fallen in Lipetsk Region, damaging local power infrastructure, regional authorities have said Read Full Article at RT.com

Israel freed 183 Palestinians as three hostages returned from captivity in Gaza in the fourth round of agreed exchanges, the Red Cross says Read Full Article at RT.com

Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova noted that Russia views such historical and political exercises, bordering on outright falsification and revision of the results of World War II, as unacceptable

Former Union finance minister P Chidambaram criticized the Union Budget presented by Nirmala Sitharaman, claiming it targets the middle class and Bihar voters ahead of upcoming state elections. He argued the government lacks new ideas and is unwilling to deregulate or empower entrepreneurs, predicting only 6-6.5% growth.